Maria Theresa


Read by Pamela Nagami

(4 stars; 7 reviews)

By the time of his death in 1740, the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles VI, had done everything possible to secure the succession to the throne of his daughter, Maria Theresa, but practically nothing to train her how to rule. Nevertheless, Maria Theresa managed by common sense, charm, and expert advice to negotiate a forty-year reign marked by secret diplomacy, shifting alliances, relentless warfare, and ruthless realpolitik. This short biography by the Oxford historian, James Franck Bright, describes her first thirty years on the throne.

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Prefatory Note 2:31 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743 21:29 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 1, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession 1740-1743 26:09 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Pt. 1: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745 19:38 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 2, Pt. 2: The War of Austrian Succession, 1743-1745 23:12 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 3: The War of Austrian Succession, 1745-1748 31:55 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 4: Maria Theresa's Early Reforms, 1748-1757 39:51 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Pt. 1: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755 20:34 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 5, Pt. 2: Change of the System of Alliances, 1748-1755 37:56 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 6: Change of the System of Alliances, 1756-1757 37:18 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760 29:35 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 7, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1757-1760 28:59 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Pt. 1: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763 21:32 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 8, Pt. 2: The Seven Years' War, 1760-1763 23:05 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 9: Domestic Affairs, 1758-1765 33:03 Read by Pamela Nagami
Ch. 10: Domestic Affairs, 1765-1770 34:55 Read by Pamela Nagami

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lots of text, little content. also not a very good writer.


(1.5 stars)